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Those who have been comforted will be able to comfort. (2 Cor.1:4)
Recently I’ve been looking at material about HIV/AIDS for upcoming programs. I thought I’d be so removed from the disease because I’m not a carrier. Then I ran across a website of 26 comments from African women with HIV/AIDS. Story after story at least […]

“We live under the illusion that if we can acquire complete control we can understand God.â€? –Madeleine L’Engle
Imagine the idea of having control over what we cannot create. Life, salvation, love, righteousness, and wholeness are all things found in the nature of God.  Standing down is the only way to enter into an organic union with […]

Today was nice…and I’m thankful.

There’s a need to volunteer that I think we all have. Some of it is induced by responsibility or guilt. Other times it’s a way to seek help for self. Growing up many factors contributed to my brokenness. I had been hurting so long I thought it natural to feel that way. I carried a […]

I found my space this evening while riding down the freeway. I felt the Lord speaking peace to me.
Who’s driving? You are Lord.

Stephen, Mosaic’s Pastor, spoke about giving on Sunday. Yet I don’t think it was about giving at all. It was about trust. Do I trust the Lord? With my whole being I want […]

Have you ever wanted to box in the outside? Take the night sky and pour it over your bedroom walls. Replace the carpet with grass. Lay down with nowhere to go ever. Get lost in wonder.
I usually feel this way when there’s too much going on and I can’t make it stop. Every single conversation I have […]

This evening I shared dinner with a close friend. We set between one plate of Thai spiced noodles and shoveled portions into our own bowls. We spoke about pressing toward the mark (Phil.3). We hugged goodbye.
This morning I spoke with a Peace Corp recruiter. She says Francophone Africa maybe a good fit (January 07). I […]

On the way back from Austin this weekend a friend of mine and I discussed children. Sadly it’s impossible to speak of children without mentioning abuse. We both spoke of cases we knew personally. Today I decided to look at the stats. 
 ”-1,500 children die from abuse each year, 140,000 injuries to children from abuse each year, about […]

I’m contemplating becoming a school teacher. It’ll be a difficult choice. As an anthropology major I’m afraid that my desire to teach children may not match my ability. I would have to seek an alternative certification amongst face many other challenges. Last year I decided that becoming a substitute would be a good way to […]

So different, this weekend remembering the Lord’s sacrifice has been so different. Just last night I did it, I stopped. I closed life out and I just stopped, being here in this place of past failures and shame I just stopped. I closed the door.
But this morning there’s a calm I can’t explain the rock […]